Rahul Gandhi Can't Contest Elections For 8 Years Unless...: Expert
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Announcing his disqualification, the Lok Sabha Secretariat in a notification said that it was effective from March 23.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday stood disqualified from contesting Lok Sabha and Assembly elections for eight years unless a higher court stays his conviction, an expert on electoral laws said.
Citing Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, the expert said the disqualification will be for eight years -- two years of the jail term awarded by the court and another six years from the date of his release as prescribed in the law.
A jail term of two years or more attracts disqualification under the Act.
"He stands disqualified for a total period of eight years unless a higher court stays his conviction," said a former Election Commission official who is an expert on electoral laws.
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